Nvidia RTX 5070 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 5070 rents for 5.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense5.9x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP8 dense5.9x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 5070

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia RTX 5070 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.09 $0.45
Median across providers $0.11 $0.74
Most expensive listed $0.14 $1.57
Providers 2 7
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $66 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 5070 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 5070 starts at $0.09 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia RTX 5070 rents for 5.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 5070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.14 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 5070: $66 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.